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Vernacular Photograph Album with Early Albumen Photographic Views of Burma, India and Penang. The Album was likely compiled, and the Images taken by a Colonel W. Stevenson, circa l1850s-1860s by [Stevenson, Colonel W., attributed]

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Title: Vernacular Photograph Album with Early Albumen Photographic Views of Burma, India and Penang. The Album was likely compiled, and the Images taken by a Colonel W. Stevenson, circa l1850s-1860s
Author: [Stevenson, Colonel W., attributed]
Seller: Michael Brown Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Description: Quarto, album containing 61 photographs, nine of which are loose and laid in, images are mounted on 31 leaves, bound in contemporary ½ roan and brown covered cloth boards, binding worn, front cover detached, but present, portions of back-strip missing, old tape repairs to binding, some foxing to mounting leaves, else very good. The views are largely identified in pencil either on mounting leaves, or in the case of the loose photographs in pencil on the verso of the image. Most of the photographs are large, ranging in size from approximately 9 x 7 inches to 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches at the smallest. Two images are dated 1858, including: "Entrance to Shingodama's Pagoda Kenindine", signed at bottom right corner in red ink "W.S. .58" and "On the Kenindine Road", likely signed by the same individual. Two of the images are dated in pencil "1865," most of the images based on costume styles are clearly from this period. However, several images may be from the 1850s, one image taken in India notes the presence of "Sepoy gardeners," who were undoubtedly fired after the uprising in 1857. The album includes early views of Burma, the earliest photographs of Burma date from 1853, and the album includes several from the late 1850s. Many of the images were probably taken by the compiler of the album. Colonel Stevenson is mentioned in the album and we learn from the Madras Journal of Literature and Science (No. 11, new series, May 1861 p. 196), and the following paragraph: "Colonel Stevenson exhibited 40 stereograms, chiefly Bazaar scenes and landscape scenery about Quilon, Travancore and the west coast at the 1860 Madras Photographic Society." The views include several of Pagodas in Burma, including the Shouay Dagon and Shwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon, now Yangan, Myanmar. The entrance to "Shingodama's Pagoda, Kenindine," "Lyator Traveller's House – Tennyen," a view of the village of Tennyen, "Kyoung in Kenindine," and other views in and around Kenindine. The album includes photographs of both these places. This interesting album contains early photographic views of locations in Burma, India, both southern and northern, Penang, and in the compiler's native England. (see complete inventory below). There are numerous views of India including: views of Quilon, now Kollom, an old seaport and city on the Laccadive sea coast in Kerala; "Col Stevenson's garden & part of Backwater with Sepoy gardeners &c – Quilon," (see image below), and "Mr. Liddells grounds & landing place on Backwater – Quilon." (see below). The album contains 11 views of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram, a town in Kancheepuram District of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are images of the Pancha Rathans, rock temples and sanctuaries, the Sthalasayam Perumi Temple, the Descent of the Ganges, a rock relief carved on two monolithic boulders, and other sites. There is a view of the "Mission Church at Palamcottah from the compound of the Training Institution". Palamcottah during British rule was a town in the Tinnevelly District of Madras, which was at the time the center of missionary activity in South India. Above this image are two group portraits of British military and colonial officials and their wives. There are two mounted views of a Dak Bungalow and mountain lodge in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh, dated in pencil 1865. There are four views of Penang: including a waterfall, "Church," "Fort at Penang from the sea," and "Landing Place – Penang." The loose views include images of Burma and India. Including two large views of the Shwedagon Pagoda, and a view entitled: "Irama. Basket making at the foot of the Hill & large bamboo growing near" (see below). Which is likely taken somewhere in Java. There are three views of Coonoor, and one of the public gardens at Ooty. Coonoor is a Taluk and municipality in the Niligris district in the State of Tamil Nadu, India. Coonoor is at an altitude of 1850m above sea level and is the second largest hill station after Ooty. The compiler of the album was apparently stationed in Coonoor. The view of the town of Coonoor is marked with a small line showing where their cottage was located. There is also an image identified as "Travancore", which was an Indian Kingdom from 1729 to 1949 which at its zenith covered most of modern day central and southern Kerala, Kanyakumi District. In the early 19th century it became a princely state of the British Empire. The image shows a British colonial official, Indian laborers and armed Sepoy troops. The other loose image, is slightly later than the 1860s, based on costume style, and is identified on the verso as "Mrs. Ashmore her daughter, her son – his wife & daughter." The remaining images in the album are of houses, people and localities in England, some, as in the image below, are marked "Cockington?" in pencil on the mounting leaf. Cockington is in Devon. There are also images of localities which are probably in Scotland. Inventory of Images, in order, with captions and sizes: 1. "The Great Brother of Shouay Dagon on the upper platform (Rangoon)" measures 7 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ inches 2. "Entrance to Shingodama's Pagoda Kenindine" signed "W.S. .58", measures 6 ⅝ x 7 ⅛ inches. 3. "Part of the upper Platform of the Shouay Dagon", [Rangoon, Burma] measures 6 ½ x 7 ¾ inches. 4. "North side of Pagoda from the upper Platform" [Rangoon, Burma] measures 8 ⅝ x 6 ⅝ inches. 5. "South entrance to the Shouay Dagon" [Rangoon, Burma] measures 6 ⅛ x 7 ⅝ inches. 6. "West entrance to Shouay Dagon" [Rangoon, Burma] measures 6 x 7 ¼ inches. 7. "Lyator Traveller's House – Tennyen" measures 6 x 8 ⅜ inches. 8. "View in the village of Tennywn" measures 6 ¼ x 7 ⅝ inches. 9. "Kyoung in Kenindine" measures 5 ⅝ x 8 ½ inches. 10. "Back view of the civil Treasury" measures 5 ⅝ x 8 ¼ inches. 11. "On the Kenindine Road" faded signature at bottom right corner, "W ? 58" measures 4 ¾ x 8 ⅝ inches 12. Pooghley? Houses in Kenindine" 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches 13. "Col. Stevensons garden & part of Backwater with Sepoy gardeners &c – Guilon" measures 4 ⅝ x 5 ⅝ inches. 14. "Mr. Liddells grounds & landing place on Backwater Guilon" measures 4 ⅝ x 5 ⅝ inches. 15. [uncaptioned view of the Five Rathas Mahabalipuram] measures 6 x 8 ¼ inches. 16. [uncaptioned view Descent of the Ganges, rock carving, Mahabalipuram] measures 6 x 8 ¼ inches. 17. [uncaptioned view Mahabalipuram] measures 5 ¼ x 8 ⅜ inches. 18. [uncaptioned view Mahabalipuram] measures 5 ¼ x 8 ⅜ inches. 19. [uncaptioned view of Rathas, Mahabalipuram] measures 5 ⅞ x 8 ¼ inches. 20. [uncaptioned view, Rathas, Mahabalipuram] measures 6 ⅛ x 8 ½ inches. 21. [uncaptioned view, one of the Rathas, Mahabalipuram] measures 5 ⅝ x 8 inches. 22. [uncaptioned view, Indians one climbing palm tree, Mahabalipuram] measures 6 x 8 ½ inches 23. [uncaptioned view, structure at Mahabalipuram] measures 8 ⅛ x 5 ¾ inches. 24. [uncaptioned view, one of the Rathas, Mahabalipuram, with a group of Indians] measures 7 x 6 ⅜ inches. 25. [uncaptioned view, one of the Rathas, Mahabalipuram, with Indians] measures 6 ⅜ x 7 ⅝ inches. 26. "1 Dr. Kelly, 2 Mr Coningham, 3 Major Kitson, 4 Mr Cox, 5 Lt Col Lys, 6 Capt. Barwise, 7 27. [uncaptioned group portrait, including several men in the image above, with the addition of several women and girls, clearly taken in India] measures 2 ¾ x 2 ½ inches. 28. "Mission Church – Palamcottah – from the compound of the Training Institution" measures 3 ¾ x 5 ⅜ inches. 29. [uncaptioned image of Mission Church, with white missionaries and Indians on church steps, Indian coach drivers] measures 6 ⅛ x 8 ¼ inches. 30. "Waterfall – Penang" measures 3 ⅝ x 2 ¼ inches. 31. "Church – Penang" measures 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅝ inches 32. "Fort at Penang from the sea" measures 2 ¼ x 3 ⅝ inches. 33. "Landing Place – Penang" measures 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅝ inches. 34. "From Dak Bungalow, Dharmsala – 1865" measures 4 ¼ x 3 ⅜ inches. 35. "Mountain Lodge, Dharmsala 1865" measures 6 x 8 inches\ 36. [uncaptioned image, unidentified Indian temple structure] measures 2 ⅝ x 2 ⅝ inches 37. [uncaptioned image of unidentified Indian temple structure] measures 5 ¼ x 2 ⅞ inches. 38. [uncaptioned image, unidentified small-town British street scene] measures 3 ⅝ x 6 ½ inches 39. [uncaptioned image of British home, with inhabitants or servants outside] measures 4 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches 40. [uncaptioned image, view of grounds, possibly home above, with servant at work] measures 5 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches 41. [uncaptioned image, view of two women walking on the grounds of a home, possibly that above] measures 5 ¾ x 4 ¼ inches 42. [uncaptioned image, unidentified British church, beside a lake] measures 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅝ inches 43. [uncaptioned image view of British home and grounds] measures 3 ¾ x 5 ½ inches. 44. "Cockington?" depicts the inhabitants of a British home with croquet mallets, measures 3 x 3 ⅛ inches 45. "Cockington?" view of the above home, measures 2 ⅜ x 3 ¼ inches 46. [uncaptioned image of road through rocky terrain] measures 3 x 2 ¾ inches 47. [uncaptioned image, different view of the above place] measures 3 x 2 ¾ inches 48. [uncaptioned image, view of stone bridge and home in rural England] measures 4 x 5 ¾ inches 49. [uncaptioned image, group portrait of British children outside a Church or home] measures 2 ⅛ x 3 ⅝ inches 50. [uncaptioned image, view of British home and grounds, occupants playing croquet] measures 2 ¾ x 3 ¾ inches 51. [uncaptioned image, view of British or Scottish town, rocky hills in the background] measures 4 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches 52. [uncaptioned image, view of British or Scottish town] measures 4 ⅛ x 6 ¾ inches Loose Images: 53. "Shewe Dagon Pagoda Rangoon (Taken from Road running South from Pagoda into Rangoon)" measures 8 ⅞ x 7 inches 54. "Shewe Dagon Pagoda Rangoon from Cantonment Gardens Public Gardens Rangoon] measures 8 ⅞ x 6 ⅞ inches 55. "Travancore" image depicts British official with Indian workers and armed Sepoys, measures 6 ⅛ x 7 ⅞ inches 56. "Irama. Basket making at the foot of the Hills, & large bamboos growing near" measures 6 ⅛ x 8 ⅛ inches. 57. "Conoor Market" measures 7 x 9 ½ inches 58. [uncaptioned image, view of Coonoor] measures 7 x 9 ½ inches. 59. [uncaptioned image, gardens at Ooty] measures 6 ⅞ x 9 ⅝ inches 60. [uncaptioned image, view of unidentified British church and grounds] measures 6 ⅞ x 9 ⅝ inches 61. "Mrs Ashmore her 80th – his wife & daughter" measures 5 ⅞ x 7 ⅝ inches.

Responsibilities: Poems and a Play by Yeats, William Butler

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Title: Responsibilities: Poems and a Play
Author: Yeats, William Butler
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Condition: Linen spine and printed boards, with label on front pastedown Bound by Galwey & Co. Eustace St., Dublin. Bookplate of Pete Laney
Description: Churchtown, Dundrum, [Dublin]: Cuala Press, 1914. First Edition. [4] ff. (blank), [8], 74, [7], [1, blank], [1, colophon (verso blank)] pp., [4] ff. (blank). 1 vols. 8vo. Linen spine and printed boards, with label on front pastedown Bound by Galwey & Co. Eustace St., Dublin. Bookplate of Pete Laney. First Edition. [4] ff. (blank), [8], 74, [7], [1, blank], [1, colophon (verso blank)] pp., [4] ff. (blank). 1 vols. 8vo. "In these poems Yeats, influenced by his young secretary Pound, breaks away from his early manner and begins to purge his imagery of abstraction and to write more simply and directly." (Connolly). Wade 110. Connolly 100, 24. Includes "September, 1913", "To a Friend whose Work has come to Nothing" and "The Cold Heaven", among other poems

The Hunt for Red October: A Novel by Tom Clancy

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Title: The Hunt for Red October: A Novel
Author: Tom Clancy
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ISBN: 9780870212857
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Description: First Edition/First Printing with all first issue points present; no flap price, 18 lines of text to copyright page with no mention of edition or printing number, six reviews on back panel, ISBN number on bottom right with no barcode. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket, with only light spotting to the front board, a mild push to the spine foot, and slight rubbing to the top panel edges, else a Fine copy. An outstanding copy of this novel, scarce in the first edition and in this condition. Not remaindered, not ex-library. Basis for the excellent movie starring Sean Connery as Ramius, and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan. In a protective Mylar cover and will ship in a sturdy box.

Tidskrift för Schack, Volume 22 by Gustaf and Ludvig Collijn [editors]

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Title: Tidskrift för Schack, Volume 22
Author: Gustaf and Ludvig Collijn [editors]
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Condition: Very Good
Description: iv+362 pages with index, diagrams, plates and tables. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") issued in wrappers. Includes numbers 8 & 9 Nordiska Schackforbundets Sjunde Kongress Med Turneringar Kipenhamn 2-16 Juli 1946. Volume XXII (22), 12 issues. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana:6345). First edition. This is one of the world's oldest chess magazines still published. Official organ of the Nordic Chess Federation from 1895 to 1922; since 1923 of the Swedish Chess Federation. No index was published for the volumes 1926 to 1934. Ludvig was President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939. The Master Class Tournament was won by Paul F Johner with a clear 5 points, followed with a tie for two through four by Max Marchand, Orla Hermann Kraus and Otto Loewenborg just half point behind with 4.5. In sole fifth place was Sven O Svensson. Tied for six and seventh place was Johannes Giersing and Hjalmar Gustaf Nyholm with 2.5 points each. The eighth spot was regulated to Ernst Jacobson with 1.5 points. Condition: Some edge wear with age darkening to edges else a very good set.

One page letter from Stephen Higginson dated Boston Aug. 23, 1791 to LeRoy and Bayard Merchants in New York

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Title: One page letter from Stephen Higginson dated Boston Aug. 23, 1791 to LeRoy and Bayard Merchants in New York
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Description: In the letter Higginson talks about bank shares and their fluctuation. Sales have been attempted at auction, but no buyers appeared except speculators...He then talks about the shipping business and a shipment of Brandy that Leroy and Bayard are sending. Stephenson was an important Boston merchant and served in the Continental Congress of 1784. It appears he was an agent for Leroy and Bayard, who were powerful merchants in NYC.

Donation Hymn by Sheldon, N.E.

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Title: Donation Hymn
Author: Sheldon, N.E.
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Description: No location or printer. Measures 9 1/2" x 4 1/4". Some creases and wrinkles. There is a reference to Wilmington in one line. Manuscript note on bottom, "she died first

The Wishing Star; A Mystery of Old Tarrytown by Widdemer, Mabel Cleland

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Title: The Wishing Star; A Mystery of Old Tarrytown
Author: Widdemer, Mabel Cleland
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Description: Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill, 1948. Book. Illus. by Margaret Ayer. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine, one small corner bump, prior owner name in ink front pastedown under front flap, in a Very Good Plus dust jacket, light edgewear. 230 pages, with illustrations by Margaret Ayer. RARE in collector's condition..

Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the Amendatory Bills of Relief of the Survivors of the Revolutionary Army, in committee of the whole house of Representatives, January 4, 1827 by Burges, Tristam

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Title: Speech of Mr. Burges, of Rhode Island, on the Amendatory Bills of Relief of the Survivors of the Revolutionary Army, in committee of the whole house of Representatives, January 4, 1827
Author: Burges, Tristam
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Description: Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1827. Sm. 8vo (7.75” x 5.25”), no wrappers, untrimmed leaves. 31 pp. CONDITION: Very good, later ink note at foot foot of title. A speech on military pensions by a U.S. Congressman and Brown University professor of oratory and belles-lettres. REFERENCES: Sabin 9235.

JUAN DEL PRETE by MERLI, Joan

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Title: JUAN DEL PRETE
Author: MERLI, Joan
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Condition: Very Good in a Good jacket.
Description: Buenos Aires: Editorial Poseidon, 1946. Very Good in a Good jacket.. First edition of this uncommon monograph on the Italian-born Argentine painter and sculptor. 8vo. Text in Spanish. 83pp. The scarce jacket is rubbed and edgworn. Small scuff to front panel. Some chipping and a few small tears. Book has some sunning at edges, a couple of small smudges front board. Else clean and sound throughout.

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Postcard History of San Jose by McKay, Leonard

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Title: Postcard History of San Jose
Author: McKay, Leonard
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ISBN: 9781880119006
Condition: Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket.
Description: San Jose, CA: Memorabilia of San Jose, 1992. First Edition. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket.. Hardcover. 4to. Near fine in like jacket with just trace shelfwear. Bright, clean, and sharp overall.

THE VIRGINIAN : A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS by Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 [author] ; Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924 [illustrator]

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Title: THE VIRGINIAN : A HORSEMAN OF THE PLAINS
Author: Wister, Owen, 1860-1938 [author] ; Keller, Arthur Ignatius, 1866-1924 [illustrator]
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Description: New York: Macmillan Company, 1902. Hardcover. Octavo, xiii, 504 pages. In Fair minus condition. '1902' is on the title page, indicating it is a First Edition, but the copyright page specifies that this is the10th printing. Spine is tan with red print. Boards in tan cloth, illustration, red print; tattering to spine caps and corners toning to spine, smudging/shelf wear, cocked spine. Text block has tan tinted top edge; bookplate on front pastedown, cracked hinges, shaken binding, intermittent spine breaks. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column W. 1405562. FP New Rockville Stock.

Eastman College Musicale, Poughkeesie, N. Y., Saturday Morning, May 5, 1883 (Concert Program) by Samelson, Prof. S.; et al

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Title: Eastman College Musicale, Poughkeesie, N. Y., Saturday Morning, May 5, 1883 (Concert Program)
Author: Samelson, Prof. S.; et al
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Description: Poughkeepsie, New York: s. n., 1883. First Edition. Very good. Small program; 5 x 3 1/2; pp. [4]; salmon-colored stock, printed in black and illustrated with an elaborate, engraved vignette to last page; faint vertical crease, else minor wear; in very good to near fine condition.Eastman Business College was founded in 1859 as a business school in Poughkeepsie, New York. It would become known for its novel for the times approach to teaching, where the students gained practical, rather than theoretical, experience by actually performing the duties that would be required of them in a real work environment, including a mock bank, a mock railway station, etc. Though very-successful in the late 1800s and early 1900s, the college would ultimately close down in 1931.

DAINTY DESSERTS by Rorer, Sarah Tyson

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Title: DAINTY DESSERTS
Author: Rorer, Sarah Tyson
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Condition: White wraps. Very good
Description: New York: DUNHAM MANUFACTURING CO., c. 1910. Staplebound. White wraps. Very good. 32 pages. 16 x 9 cm. Rorer promotes Dunham's Original Shred Cocoanut, a popular brand of prepared coconut, known for its use in baking and other culinary applications. It was particularly popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Illustrations show product suggestions and recipes. Includes advice on use of coconuts, index, and recipes. Sarah Tyson Rorer (1849-1937) was a cooking teacher and dietitian who founded the Philadelphia School of Cookery in 1884. She became a leading figure in American domestic science, and was well-known in the United States for her practical and versatile cookbooks and demonstrations. Front and back cover soiled with 1 cm. closed tear. Interior clean. [BROWN 3644]

At the Hemingways [Centennial Edition]; With Fifty Years of Correspondence Between Ernest and Marcelline Hemingway by Sanford, Marcelline Hemingway

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Title: At the Hemingways [Centennial Edition]; With Fifty Years of Correspondence Between Ernest and Marcelline Hemingway
Author: Sanford, Marcelline Hemingway
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ISBN: 9780893012168
Condition: Fine
Description: Moscow: University of Idaho Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. With a Foreword by Michael Reynolds. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Brown cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An expanded edition of Sanford's work originally published in 1962.

Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands. by Barrett, Mmichael B.

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Title: Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands.
Author: Barrett, Mmichael B.
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Description: Bloomington: Indiana University Press, (2008). Octavo, red cloth (hardcover), 298 pp. Fine in a Fine dust jacket. From dust jacket: The Germans were desperate. The English offensive at Passchendaele had drained German manpower, placing in doubt the success of a planned 1918 offensive in the West. With the city of Riga now in German hands, one hope would be to deliver a final blow to Russian morale, causing a collapse and freeing troops for the Western Front. Thus was born Operation Albion. In October 1917, an invasion force of some 25,000 German soldiers -- accompanied by a flotilla of 10 dreadnoughts, 300 other vessels, a half-dozen Zeppelins, and 80 aircraft -- attacked the Baltic islands of Dago, Osel, and Moon at the head of the Gulf of Riga. It proved to be the most successful amphibious operation of the First World War. The three islands fell, the Gulf was opened to German warships and now a threat to Russian naval bases in the Gulf of Finland, and 20,000 Russians were captured. The invasion proved to be the last major operation in the East. ON October 25, the Bolshevik Revolution convulsed Russia, Lenin initiated armistice talks, and fighting ceased. Although it had achieved its objectives and placed the Germans in an excellent position for the resumption of warfare in the spring, Operation Albion faded into obscurity, having been overtaken by events. Michael B. Barrett has returned to the original archival sources to produce this definitive history of one of the most unusual operations of the First World War.

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